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EPM Briefing: Welsh Greens fracture, Japan murders and London asylum fraud

EPM Briefing: Welsh Greens fracture, Japan murders and London asylum fraud

The Welsh Greens fracture over a Zionism motion; two killings shake Japan with arrests in Ibaraki and Tokyo; a fake asylum ring falls in London with over 100…

EPM Briefing: Welsh Greens fracture, Japan murders and London asylum fraud 1. United Kingdom: The Welsh Greens are splitting over a Zionism motion. Phil Davies, the party's deputy leader since 2024, resigned after a motion was adopted declaring that Zionism is racism and calling for a single Palestinian state. National leader Zack Polanski defended the distinction between antisemitism and criticism of Israel, while Israel barred him from entering the country. Davies hopes Welsh members will vote to split from the English branch at next month's conference. 2. Japan: Ibaraki police arrested Kotaro Uchiyama, 30, on suspicion of stabbing a 41-year-old woman with pruning shears outside a restaurant in Oarai. The restaurant's owner, 72-year-old Setsuko Katori, was found dead nearby with stab wounds, and the case was classified as a homicide. 3. Japan: Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department arrested Takuya Miura, 36, on suspicion of abandoning the body of his girlfriend Maho Muroga, 25, in the mountains of Kurihara, Miyagi, on September 28. The suspect denies the allegations. An autopsy points to likely suffocation. Three emergency calls and a July assault complaint preceded the case, reopening the debate over protection for domestic-violence victims in Japan. 4. United Kingdom: The Home Office arrested three people in London linked to an alleged network that charged up to £4,500 for fabricated evidence in fake asylum claims by Bangladeshi men posing as gay. More than 100 claims are under review. Those arrested are suspects; the investigation continues. 5. Italy: Andrea Sempio, 38, accused in the Pavia prosecutors' new investigation into the murder of Chiara Poggi in Garlasco nearly 20 years ago, said on television that Alberto Stasi's 16-year conviction is just. But second-closure documents reveal omissions and controversial handling by the original investigators, now under a parallel line of inquiry. 📌 Editor's note: five stories setting the pulse of the week, from ballot boxes to streets.
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